Exclusive: Mum may sue after TV tot Oscar is sacked from EastEnders

EastEnders chiefs could be sued for unfair dismissal - over the 10-month tot who plays Oscar Branning.

EastEnders chiefs could be sued for unfair dismissal - over the 10-month tot who plays Oscar Branning.

They axed Gabriel Miller-Williams after nine months to save on the £300-a-day taxi fares to bring him to the set in Elstree, Herts.

Mum Claire, 39, only found out when the cab failed to pick him up last week.

She fumed: "It's a disgusting way to treat people. We still haven't had a call explaining why he was sacked. I've sent his contract to solicitors to investigate legal action."

Gabriel, of Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, has played salon boss Tanya Branning's son since he was six weeks old. In June he was on the cover of TV Times, which called him the world's best behaved tot for his calmness on set.

Claire said he got a new six-month deal in June but bosses had now replaced him with the child of a BBC employee.

A show spokesman said: "We're looking to hire local babies as we watch costs." He claimed Gabriel's agent had been informed.